Over the weekend, a broadcast antennae for the state news agency was targeted by youths loyal to Ouattara.

The youth called the news agency a "tool" used by the disputed president "to spread hate and xenophobia," said Patrice Mallet, Ouattara's representative to South Africa.

The attack killed three guards and destroyed equipment, according to a communication minister for Gbagbo's government.

State television RTI has partially resumed broadcasting in Abidjan after the attack, said Ouattara Gnonzie, the communications minister.

Press freedom groups have condemned attacks on the media.

"Our concern for press freedom in Cote d'Ivoire is mounting by the day," said Reporters Without Borders.

"We fear that the repressive measures adopted by the National Press Council and the media war being waged between Gbagbo and Ouattara will result in the already very polarized media becoming even more radicalized."

Last week, the pro-Ouattara daily Le Nouveau Reveil was shut down after authorities said it published "unbearable and shocking images" of the clashes.

The eight newspapers will resume publication Saturday, the day the government suspension of Le Nouveau Reveil runs out, said Charles Sangah, director of Le Patriote.